A first aspect of the present invention relates to a vehicle side-step motor apparatus 210. The vehicle side-step motor apparatus comprises a motor housing (410, figure 4), a motor 275 configured to drive a vehicle side-step between a stowed state and a deployed state, the motor being housed inside the motor housing, a temperature sensor 260 configured to detect a temperature proximal to the vehicle side-step and a control system 220 comprising one or more controllers 110. The control system is configured to: receive a request to stow or deploy the vehicle side-step; determine a supply power for driving the motor in dependence on the detected temperature; and to drive the motor to move the vehicle side-step between the stowed state and the deployed state in dependence on the determined supply power. The control system may increase the supply power when the detected temperature decreases, thus addressing any issue of the side-step grease becoming more viscous at low temperatures. Also disclosed is a method for stowing or deploying a vehicle side-step.


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    Title :

    Deployable vehicle side-step system


    Publication date :

    2022-05-11


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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